Hubby is the same age as my DAD! Newly-weds with a 31 year age gap

HAPPY COUPLE: The Newlyweds have two children - Teagan, two, and Kai, seven months [MECURYPRESS]

Annie and Gary Reed met three years ago when Annie was 18 and Gary was 49, when Annie was a barmaid in Gary's pub.

Despite their 31 year age gap, the couple tied the knot just last month in a ceremony in their hometown of Doncaster.

Stay-at-home Annie, now 21, said: “We didn't tell anyone about our relationship for the first three months because we wanted to make sure it was the real thing, and we were worried what people would say.

“I can talk to Gary about anything at all - that's what attracted me to him.

“He was the landlord in the pub where I worked and when I went through a difficult break up he invited me to stay with him for a while.

“After that I just never left.“ Annie and Gary first met when she started working in a pub where Gary was the landlord.

They hit it off straight away, but Annie was already in a relationship with somone 20 years older.

She said: “Things with him were always rocky and Gary was always there for me.

“One night my partner went too far and we broke up. I called Gary to tell him I'd have to leave the pub.

“Instead he invited me to stay for a bit while I got myself sorted.“ Annie says she hadn't thought about Gary in that way before but when she moved in the pair grew closer.

“My dad walked me down the aisle. He's two days older than Gary”

Annie

They kept their relationship a secret for the first three months, before telling family and friends.

Annie said: “I wanted to make sure it was something worth telling people about first.

“Because my ex was older than me too no-one was really surprised that I'd gone for an older man, they just didn't expect him to be that much older.

“But everyone was really supportive, especially when they could see how happy we were.“ The couple got engaged in December after they had been together six months.

Although their friends, family and customers claimed to be happy for them, business at the pub declined and Gary was forced to sell up.

Annie said: “A lot of people stopped coming in which was a real shame.

“We don't know for sure if it was because of our relationship because everyone was nice to our faces, but the timing matches up.” Despite the critics, Gary and

Annie's relationship has gone from strength to strength, and they now have two children - Teagan, two, and Kai, seven months.

They tied the knot in August in front of all their friends and family and could not be happier.

Annie said: “My dad walked me down the aisle. He's two days older than Gary.

“I thought he would have issues with the two of us being together, but the first time he met Gary he shook his hand and they've been fine ever since.

“Gary and I do have some issues sometimes because he thinks he knows more because he's done it before, but we don't argue any more than a regular couple.”